I apologize if someone else has made a thread addressing this, but I could not find one in the obvious places. However being that this is a site dedicated to sales trend I noticed something rather interesting in the others chart this week. Since the PS3 launched earlier this year it has always had stronger sales then the Xbox 360. However according to last weeks chart that unended string has been broken. The Xbox 360 finally took the lead over the PS3 with roughly four thousand more units sold. Granted the margin between the two has never been large. The only major difference was in the month following the launch. To me that is a major statistic. Since the trend had persisted for roughly five months. Obviously the sales switch was brought on by the price reduction.
I am curious what everyone thinks of this development, and more specifically what everyone predicts the outcome will be over the coarse of the next four months. Do you expect Sony to retake the lead, or do you expect Microsoft to maintain the lead. Could we be looking at a brawl in Europe where we see the two competitors switching positions. Would you expect the margins to be large or small. The margins have been diminutive up until this point. Obviously a shift has taken place in Europe. Interestingly not only is the 360 beating the PS3, but the PS2 as well.
Please keep the conversation civil, and if you cannot even put together a paragraph with a coherent thought. Then please do not post, and please no fanboy rants. I would love to read some interesting thoughts and number work. Rather then this console will rule once X game gets on the market. I really want to discuss the trend.
